Chelsey in Chicago

I went to Virginia Dec 5-7th... that's right, I was there for a whole 48 hours. I had planned to go out there for Thanksgiving but the prices were double the norm and I was going to be done with classes the following week so we decided to hold off. However my schedule is so crazy and busy that this was all we could squeeze in. Even 48 hours was difficult because I had my 20 page research paper due the 8th but had training with Academic Approach all day, so I did my best to finish before going, but I couldn't finish in time. So, Tuesday night we went out for pizza after he picked me up. It was a California themed pizza place! Which means I didn't feel so out of place when I asked for ranch dressing to dip my crust into :) Wednesday I worked on my paper for a few hours while Patrick read next to me on the couch. We then went out for a run so I could see the recently completed path along the waterway of Portsmouth. Thursday we ran along the Jordan Bridge, over another ...

I went to Nashville a MONTH ago, but haven't gotten to this post yet. Anne, my running buddy here from the Netherlands as a visiting professor and who is leaving Dec 12, invited me to do a race with her in Nashville. We took a Mega Bus from Chicago to Nashville (10 hours) and left at midnight on a Thursday. Sleeping wasn't too terrible but we were still exhausted when we got there. Not far from where the bus dropped us off, we found a breakfast spot: the Frothy Monkey. It was tasty and afterwards we walked about a mile to pick up our bibs at a local running store. On the walk there we saw Broadway which is supposed to be the main drag, what I imagine is displayed when tv programs are talking about Nashville. I was surprised at how small it was. After four dense blocks of bars and restaurants and hoards of people on the sidewalk, you were either at the river, or walking up a quiet hill. There are a ton of neon signs that light up at night, making it look much more happeni...

So, I had every intention of coming here and devoting myself solely to my studies. As you may recall, during my undergrad I worked two jobs at one point while attending Sac Sate. I was always very busy and never felt like I had the time to really invest in my school work, it was always about just getting it done. So, while the tuition is outrageous at UChicago, I really wanted to come out here and focus on the school work and enjoy the city in my spare time. However, as I mentioned many posts back, I was awarded work study and so was seeking a job in the community. I now have three jobs (only two overlapping at a time as you'll see). On Saturday mornings I tutored 5th - 8th graders in the suburbs at Kimberly Lightford's Saturday University and twice a week I am the arts and cultural assistant at Experimental Station . And now I have gotten a job as a tutor for SAT prep with  Academic Approach . Saturday University is in Westchester, a suburban neighborhood 35 to 50 minutes...

One of the images under the dome. Once a month the Adler Planetarium offers yoga under their dome. There were probably somewhere around 30 people there who participated. I gazed at galaxies, planets and neutron star collisions as I was guided through poses like, "star gazer" or "eagle" under the Eagle Nebula Pillars . The price for this event was a little cheaper than regular admission and did include admission so you could check out the planetarium afterwards. I walked around for about an hour and a half before getting to hungry to continue. I got to touch a piece of the moon, look through a 20 foot telescope from the 1700s, put my hand in an imprint of an astronaut's, and check what my weight would be on the moon (17 lbs.). I then biked back home to tell you of this magnificent Chicago morning.